Jannetje’s maternal family name becomes part of the post-emancipation record

The law took effect on 1 July 1863 in the Dutch Caribbean colonies.

The term refers to the owner in that record and should not be transferred to someone else.

The category should be read as a recorded field, not a complete life description.

The database gives Fernando Polidor the emancipation surname Quandus.

Goeloe and Rijna surnames came from mothers and made some maternal ties visible.

That is the legal emancipation date across the Dutch Caribbean colonies.

The colony-wide law applied across the islands, but labor systems and local histories varied.

The birth detail and the 1863 emancipation date are separate fields.

The owner’s address does not establish the person’s location.

The dataset cautions that names were sometimes spelled differently.

The civil birth record gives this date and place.